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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:03:28 +0100 From: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com> To: Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org> Cc: "linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "arm@...nel.org" <arm@...nel.org>, "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>, "abhimany@...eaurora.org" <abhimany@...eaurora.org> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Add smp booting support for Qualcomm ARMv8 SoCs On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 06:37:06PM +0100, Kumar Gala wrote: > This patch set adds support for SMP boot on the MSM8x16 family of Qualcomm SoCs. > > To support SMP on the MSM8x16 SoCs we need to add ARMv8/64-bit SCM interfaces to > setup the boot/release addresses for the secondary CPUs. In addition we need > a uniquie set of cpu ops. I'm aware the desired methods for booting secondary > CPUs is either via spintable or PSCI. However, these SoCs are shipping with a > firmware that does not support those methods. Why ? Do not tell me you were not aware of those standard methods, because I can't believe you. If there were additional features to add to spin-table and PSCI, you were, you are and you will always be welcome to debate them. There is no justification for this patchset, honestly. Lorenzo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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